markdown-discord.md:
Markdown Discord Text
Give your text a twist using markdown, syntax highlighting, formats in Discord.

Styles
Italics *italics* or _italics_

Underline italics _*underline italics*_

Bold **bold**

Underline bold _**underline bold**_

Bold Italics ***bold italics***

underline bold italics _***underline bold italics***_

Underline __underline__

Strikethrough ~~Strikethrough~~

Escape Characters
Don't want to use markdown? You can slap a backslash (\) in front of your statement, and it'll escape the markdown formatting. Keep in mind, it doesn't work in messages with edits or underscores.

Code Blocks
You can make your own code blocks by wrapping your text in backticks (`)

![one line code blocks](https://i.imgur.com/S3oW4JR.png)

You can also use three backticks (```) to create multiline code blocks

![multiline code blocks](https://i.imgur.com/UFRHJza.png)

Syntax Highlighting
You can denote a specific language for syntax highlighting, by typing the name of the language you want the code block to expect right after the first three backticks beginning your code block.An example...

![syntax highlighting](https://i.imgur.com/tmzwzb3.png)

There are many different languages in place of Markdown that Discord's syntax highlighting support. Each different language has its own approach to highlight-able syntax. For a full list: https://highlightjs.org/static/demo/

asciidoc

![asciidoc](https://i.imgur.com/jLsmP9Y.png)

autohotkey

![autohotkey](https://i.imgur.com/i3EWfKB.png)

bash

![bash](https://i.imgur.com/iJeMUD3.png)

coffeescript

![coffeescript](https://i.imgur.com/GuBpys2.png)

cpp

![cpp](https://i.imgur.com/1NK1Eje.png)

cs

![cs](https://i.imgur.com/LVu3Vuk.png)

css

![css](https://i.imgur.com/QFzMTzN.png)

diff

![diff](https://i.imgur.com/czV7p0Z.png)

fix

![fix](https://i.imgur.com/xwwvaED.png)

glsl

![glsl](https://i.imgur.com/fGo5NBW.png)

html

![html](https://i.imgur.com/okRulup.png)

ini

![ini](https://i.imgur.com/V7MlXe8.png)

json

![json](https://i.imgur.com/Chvwlk8.png)

md

![md](https://i.imgur.com/RF05Fhc.png)

ml

![ml](https://i.imgur.com/3B2pSVj.png)

prolog

![prolog](https://i.imgur.com/PUO9OEn.png)

py

![py](https://i.imgur.com/RBpuAoE.png)

tex

![tex](https://i.imgur.com/8T5dsOM.png)

xl

![xl](https://i.imgur.com/iIMHv14.png)

xml

![xml](https://i.imgur.com/8blHUjN.png)

And you get the idea! Now you're a Discord text markdown expert. Get out there and highlight your statements!

Acknowledgements
Whirl#9077

Discord Article

Discord Highlight.js

A special thanks to Matthew for their help in making this guide and providing the screenshots.

Contact: Whirl#9077 or Reddit on Discord.